Precuts

Ever since I started buying precuts, I love them ALOT. Went out today to purchase a particular quilt book, was unable to find it, but discovered this one on the rack. Now for a lazy afternoon of reading and dreaming.

Breagha's Story Book Quilt

I had charm packs of Little Rascals, Lil Apples, Sherbet Pips, A Walk in the Woods plus charm packs from Connecting Threads in About Town, my Little Farm, Parlour Pets, Love my Honey and Just Desserts. Took them all and cut them down to 4 inch squares and did a basic 9 patch block.

Made a total of 25 blocks with lots of interesting characters in them. Even managed to salvage enough from the Elmo fabric to make a block of Sesame Street characters.

Michelle will be able to develop all kinds of story lines with this quilt, thus it's called Breagha's Storybook Quilt.

Here are the blocks:

Hello UPS

Look what UPS delivered to my door this afternoon.

I ordered this from Amazon when it went on sale but I've been wanting it forever! I just love everything MODA and especially their fabric designers.

Free Motion Quilting

Yesterday I made my first attempt at machine quilting. I've been busy buying books on it, watching videos and gathering all the necessary equipment including two different attachments for my sewing machine. The first attachment was wrong and broke almost immediately. The second was perfect!

Anyhow, this was the end result at my first attempt and I think Breagha will be getting a quilt for her doll!

Breagha's Sherbet Pips Quilt - Part 2

Backed the quilt in flannel, pink teddy bears and little birds. Used just a white binding.

Breagha's Sherbet Pips Quilt - COMPLETED

Breagha's Sherbet Pips Quilt is completed and already on it's way to Scotland.

I am almost embarrassed to admit that I finished this quilt so quickly, means I spent way too many late nights, sitting on my couch, watching movies and quilting away.

For some reason, I am having a difficult time uploading images so I am just going to put them on here and hope for the best!

       

                                                               

Breagha's Sherbet Pips Quilt

Oh, the Sherbet Pips fabric line.  How I love this!!!!!  I discovered the pips at the end of their production and ordered what I could find on Ebay.  I managed to obtain three charm packs of this delicious fabric and I also managed to buy some bits and pieces as they appeared on Ebay. 

There is no question that Breagha would be getting a quilt from this line and today, I finally finished sewing up 12 - 12" blocks of it, using two packs of my precious pips and some of the yardage.

And here are the blocks

Each block will be bordered in white fabric.  I plan on getting this top completed by the end of the day, ready for marking tomorrow.  With our frigid winter settling in for the rest of the week, the timing is perfect to stay indoors and quilt away.